Miriam Van Hee
Untitled
from the mariannenplatz
to the other side:
demolished houses or what
is left of them
wallpaper, the place
where the mains used to be
the hollow space where the coal-heater
once stood
the questions it leads her to
ask: what it was like before the war
where the bed stood
where the table and everything
in between
from the mariannenplatz
to the other side is
no man’s land, behind which
a room is about to be painted
a leak stopped and
porcelain winter light
inches its way into the room
to the other side:
demolished houses or what
is left of them
wallpaper, the place
where the mains used to be
the hollow space where the coal-heater
once stood
the questions it leads her to
ask: what it was like before the war
where the bed stood
where the table and everything
in between
from the mariannenplatz
to the other side is
no man’s land, behind which
a room is about to be painted
a leak stopped and
porcelain winter light
inches its way into the room
Judith Wilkinson has published her own poetry and translations of Dutch and Flemish poetry in many journals, including Acumen, Poetry Ireland Review and PN Review. She has also published
reviews and articles on contemporary poets and written danceplays for dance company The Kosh.
reviews and articles on contemporary poets and written danceplays for dance company The Kosh.
Translated by Judith Wilkinson
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